Rhode Island / Waters /
Block Island Sound
Sound in Rhode Island · near New Shoreham
Status now
At least one source we follow covers this water, and nothing it reports applies right now.
Why this colour: No current report: nothing a covering source reports colours this water now. How long a water stays coloured, and why
Source: ri-ridoh-beaches, last answered 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC. Status computed by DirtyWaterWatch as of 2026-11-02 11:56 UTC.
It is not a finding about the water. Discharges go unreported, reports arrive late, and storm runoff carries bacteria too. Follow posted signs and local health advice.
As of Nov 2, 2026, 6:56 AM EST.
Map
Source: water outlines from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); outfalls from EPA ECHO and the state outfall layers; modeled reaches computed by DirtyWaterWatch from USGS NLDI, NHDPlus and the nearest USGS gauge (Jobson 1996); basemap OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
Outfalls are small brown dots.
The last 90 days
No red or yellow period in this span.
Source: hourly statuses computed by DirtyWaterWatch (pipeline build/status.py) from the events linked above and the rules on the methods page; history as of 2026-11-02 11:56 UTC.
Discharges over the years
Every event on Block Island Sound
| Start | End | Discharger | Outfall | Type | Volume | Source | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2019 | Aug 6, 2019 | not stated | not stated | Beach closure | not reported | Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Beach Monitoring Program via ri-ridoh-beaches, record roy-carpenter-beach:south-kingstown:2019-08-02, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:57 UTC · notice | record below · Map |
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own) | |||||||
| Jul 25, 2019 | Jul 27, 2019 | not stated | not stated | Beach closure | not reported | Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Beach Monitoring Program via ri-ridoh-beaches, record dunes-park-beach:westerly:2019-07-25, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:57 UTC · notice | record below · Map |
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own) | |||||||
| Aug 11, 2006 | Aug 13, 2006 | not stated | not stated | Beach closure | not reported | Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Beach Monitoring Program via ri-ridoh-beaches, record willow-dell-beach-club:south-kingstown:2006-08-11, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:57 UTC · notice | record below · Map |
Full record (older than 180 days, so no page of its own) | |||||||
Outfalls on this water
No outfall in the registry is matched to this water.
Dischargers: New Shoreham Water Pollution Control Facility (Block Island).
Launches
Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, ODbL). · Block Island Sound on OpenBoatLaunch
Sources covering this water
- ri-ridoh-beaches · updating · last answered Nov 2, 2026, 6:55 AM EST
3 events placed on this water in this build.